Clamp



G. w. PELTON.

CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 15, 1920.

Patented Nov; 23, 1920.

6Z1 3 Mum V601 la a Wilma GEORGE W. PELTON', 0F MUSCATINE, IOWA.

CLAMP.

Application filed March 15,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE l/V. PnL'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muscatine, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented a new and use ful Clamp, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to wash board attachments, and it is an object of the invention to provide means adapted to be readily attached to a wash board to maintain the wash board in a predetermined position within a wash tub, during the washing operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be adjusted to various lengths, thus adapting the attachment for use in connection with wash tubs of various sizes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention'resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of a wash tub, having a washboard supported therein, the attachment being shown in its operative position.

Fig. 2 illustrates a side elevational view I partly in section of the attachment.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates a wash tub which is of the usual construction, the same being provided with the usual flange bottom 6.

Supported within the tub 5, is the wash board, indicated at 7, and as shown this washboard is positioned in its proper wash ing position, the upper end of the washboard extending beyond the plane of the side walls of the tub 5 to be engaged by the operator to prevent undue movement of the board with relation to the tub 5.

It has been found in practice that during the washing operation, the washboard 7 is continually working from its operative position, and to this end the attachment includes means for. securing the washboard Specification of Letters ."Patent.

Patented 0V. 23, 1920. 1920. Serial No. 366,025.

against movement, under the washing operation.

A hook member 8, is positioned in the head of the washboard 7, preferably in the rear edge thereof, and at a point substantially intermediate the length of the head of the board so that the device will secure thewashboard to prevent lateral movement thereof.

The body portion of the device is indicated at 9, and includes a length of metal having one of its ends turned in and lying 111 spaced relation with the body 9, as at 10, the opposite end of said body being disposed at right angles with relation to the side walls thereof, as at 11, which right angled portion is provided with a suitable aperture adapted to receive the hooked end 12 of the connecting rod 13.

Thisconnecting rod 13 has a threaded extremity 14, adapted to be positioned within one end of the relatively long coiled spring 15, whereby the coiled spring is con nected with the rod 13. A screw eye 16 has the threaded portion thereof positioned within the opposite end of the coiled spring 15, and in operation this screw eye 16 is positioned over the hooked member 8, so that when the hook member 10 of the body 9 is positioned under the flange 6 of the tub, the coiled spring 15 is put under tension to hold the upper end of the washboard into close engagement with the upper edge of the wash tub 5.

If it is found desirable to employ the attac ent in connection with a relatively shallow tub, it is of course obvious that the hook' member 12 may be removed from its connection with the walls of the right angled portion 11, the hook member 12 being now positioned in a predetermined opening of the bodyportion 9, the openings being in dicated at 17 and disposed in spaced relation with each other throughout the length of the body 9.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the attachment may be employed in connection with tubs of various depths, by adjusting the hook member 12, and positioning the same within suitable openings of the body portion 9.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In combination, a washboard, a hook member secured to the washboard, an attachment including a body portion having a hook member adapted to be positioned over the flanged bottom of a tub, a connecting rod having connection with the body portion, a coiled spring having connection with the connecting rod, means at one end of the coiled spring to be positioned over the hook member, and means for permitting adjustment of the connectingrod with relation to the body portion.

2. In combination, a Washboard, an attachment including a hook member carried by the Washboard, a body portion having a hook member adapted to engage the flanged bottom of a tub, a connecting rod adjustably-connected to the body portion, and re silient means for connecting the connecting rodto'the hook member on the Wash board for securing the Washboard Within the tub.

8. In combination, a washboard, a securing means including a body portion having a hooked end adapted to be positioned over the flanged bottom of a tub, said body portion having a plurality of openings formed therein, a connecting rod having a hooked end adapted to be positioned Within the openings, resilient means on-one end of the connecting rod, a hook member carried by the board, and means for connecting the resilient means and last mentioned hook member.

4. In combination, a Washboard, a securing means including a hook member supported by the Washboard, a body portion,

means for removably connecting the body portion. to the'flange of a tub, said body portion having a right angled apertured end, a connecting rod having a hooked member formedon one end thereof, said connect ing rod adapted to pass through the aperture in the right angled end for securing the connecting rod to the body portion, resilient means having connection with the connecting rod, and means for connecting one end of said resilientmeans to thefirst mentioned hook member.

ln'testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W.- PELTON.

Witnesses F. W. JOHNSTON,

STIRLEN. 

